Christmas is almost here! Are you a last minute shipper? Knowing the guaranteed delivery by Christmas deadlines for shipping companies like USPS, FedEx and UPS are important! Shop early for the best chance to have your packages delivered on time. Here are the shipping deadlines for the 2024 year, plus deadlines for shipping from popular online retailers:
FreebieShark’s best holiday shipping tip: Go for ship-to-store, or in-store pickup options after ordering online. This saves you the worry of receiving your items on time. Many retailers have extended hours and made it easier to pick up orders in-store rather than shipping them for 2024 because of anticipated shipping delays like we had in the last couple of holiday seasons.
- UPS Ground – use shipping calculator to find expected date of arrival
- Dec. 19: UPS 3-Day Select
- Dec. 20: 2nd-Day Air
- Dec. 23: UPS Next-Day Air
- December 16: Ground Advantage
- December 18: First-Class Mail
- December 19: Priority Mail
- December 21: Priority Mail Express Service
- Dec 13: FedEx Ground
- Dec 19: FedEx Express Saver, 3-Day
- Dec 22: FedEx 1Day
- Dec 24: SameDay
Amazon Christmas Deadlines – not released yet, but Sharky used last year’s cut-offs as a reference to create this estimated timeline:
- Dec. 14: Free shipping
- Dec. 22: 2-day shipping (Prime)
- Dec. 23: 1-day shipping (Prime)
- Dec. 24: Same day delivery (Prime)
- Dec 20: last day to ship and receive(non-Walmart+ Members)
- Dec 22: last day to ship and receive (Walmart+ Members)
Target Christmas Deadlines
- Dec 22: 2-Day Shipping
- Dec 19: Order by 1pm CT
- Dec 20: Order by 1pm CT for 1-Day Shipping
- Dec 21: Standard Shipping – order by 5pm
- Dec 22: Express shipping – order by noon EST
- Dec. 24: Same-Day Delivery (select areas)
- Dec 19: Standard Shipping
- 1-,2-,3-Day option available but extra fees are steep
